Dr. Kevin Brunner was invited to talk technology with the Lamoni High School Technology Club on April 13. Dr. Brunner discussed the recent events of the Iowa Technology Summit and conversed about future technology. The discussion centered around jobs in...
Read More »Dr. Kevin Brunner attended the annual Iowa Technology Summit on April 12. The Summit is hosted each year by the Technology Association of Iowa. The annual event provides opportunity for technology leaders across the state to meet and discuss current...
Read More »Twelfth Night and Asexual Possibility: How to Read Asexually", at the annual Shakespeare Association of America conference in Jacksonville, Florida, as part of a roundtable on Asexual Renaissance Resonances. The roundtable brought together 4 scholars developing new methodologies for understanding...
Read More »Dr. Mark Gardner presented his work "Advocacy Communication as Contentious Interpretation" on April 7, 2022 at the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) conference in Philadelphia, PA. His presentation was part of a panel in the division of Philosophy of Communication, which...
Read More »Dr. Kevin Brunner and 11 Ackerley Scholars attended the annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium held April 1 and 2 at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The scholars competed in the programming contest and listened to scholarly presentations given by...
Read More »[caption id="attachment_2177" align="alignright" width="300"] Graceland University Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands Christopher Brandt[/caption] Dr. Christopher Brandt, Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music served as the conductor of the Bluegrass Conference High School Honor Band on March...
Read More »Karen Gergely presented at the Midwest Art History Society Conference in Houston, TX, March 10-12, 2022. As part of a larger discussion on socially engaged art history, Gergely presented “Not Waiting on the World to Change: Finding Peace, Fight, and...
Read More »Karen Gergely was appointed to The Services to Artists Committee (SAC) as part of the College Art Association, the preeminent international leadership organization in the visual arts. SAC was formed by the CAA Board of Directors to seek broader participation...
Read More »An article titled “The Company We Keep,” by Anthony Chvala-Smith (Associate Professor and Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair of Religion), was published in the March-April 2022 edition of the Herald (169:30-33). In his article, Tony reflects on how a disquieting...
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture, and Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair of Religion Tony Chvala-Smith, PhD Graceland University Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture, and Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair of Religion Tony Chvala-Smith, PhD, gave a...
Read More »Graceland University Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness Katie Bash and Dean of the Gleazer School of Education Lee Bash presented Graceland's model of program review to more than 300 attendees at the Higher Learning Commission annual conference Sunday, April 10.
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Art Karen Gergely presented her research The Challenges and Triumphs of Curating Socially Engaged Works at the 106th College Art Association (CAA): Advancing Art and Design Conference in Los Angelos, California, Feb. 21-24. Gergely attended various sessions...
Read More »(left to right) Matt Moore and Professor Tim Robbins The Open Education Consortium, a global nonprofit network promoting open pedagogy and the use of Open Educational Resources, recently announced the 2018 Open Education Awards for Excellence. This year’s best Open...
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Sociology Bradley H. Brewster, PhD, discussed his paper "Theorizing Social Capital: Contributions of Goffmanian Trust and the Interaction Order" and presented his paper "The Horror of Domestic Violence: An Analysis of the Feature Film 'The Shining' (1980)"...
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Philosophy Kristin Seemuth Whaley will present at the 22nd International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy in July 2018. The biennial conference is sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. Seemuth Whaley's session will be entitled "Fostering an...
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Philosophy Kristin Seemuth Whaley participated in the 115th American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting in Chicago, Illinois, Feb. 21-24. Seemuth Whaley chaired a symposium, Neo-Hylomorphism, which addressed contemporary interpretations of Aristotle's metaphysics by Anna Marmodoro with commentary from Robert Koons...
Read More »Graceland University Associate Professor of History John Franklin, PhD, attended the 61st annual Missouri Valley History Conference (MVHC) in Omaha from March 1-3, where he served as chair and commentator for a session on the history of the Cold War. MVHC,...
Read More »Graceland University Assistant Professor of Communication Raquel Moreira, PhD was presented with the Organization for Research on Women and Communication's Feminist Scholar of the Year Award on Feb. 17 in Santa Clara, California. The award is given annually to recognize the best...
Read More »Graceland University Professor of Psychology David Devonis, PhD will present on the current state of his research on punishment in the history of modern psychology, specifically on "Matters of Life and Death: Psychologists' Views of Capital Punishment, 1880-1930" at the...
Read More »Graceland University Associate Professor of Business Administration Jeff McElroy participated in a “Shark Tank”-style event for mobile app development Saturday, Feb. 3, in Kansas City. The event, sponsored by mobile app developer PocketCake, was organized by Graceland graduate Terra Whipple...
Read More »Two poems written by Isaac Pressnell, Graceland University Associate Professor of English and Division Chair, have been accepted for publication by The Laurel Review. The poems are titled, Some Reasons and Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity.
Read More »Graceland University Professor of Psychology David Devonis' review of what he calls the "curious counterfactual history of recent psychology, Skinner's Quests, by the Canadian environmental psychologist Richard Gilbert, has been published. Devonis, D. C. (2018). Review of R. Gilbert, Skinner’s Quests. Journal of the History...
Read More »John K. Franklin, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Graceland University John Franklin, Graceland University Associate Professor of History, attended the 132nd annual national meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA) in Washington, D.C. Jan 4-7. The AHA is the oldest and largest professional organization...
Read More »Inside Higher Ed ran a piece on the importance of student-faculty collaboration in the creation of OER textbooks, referencing essays written by Graceland University Assistant Professor of English Tim Robbins and English major Matt Moore in the recently-published collection A Guide...
Read More »Graceland University Professor of History Steve Glazer attended “Reformations and Revolutions in World History,” the eighth annual conference of the Midwest World History Association, held this year at the University of Central Oklahoma from Sept. 22-23. Glazer chaired a panel on “Contested Revolutions...
Read More »Matt Frizzell, Dean, Community of Christ Seminary, attended the 45th annual meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association in Nauvoo, Illinois, in September. Frizzell's book review of Dale Luffman's The Book of Mormon’s Witness to Its First Readers was published in the most recent volume...
Read More »Graceland University Professor of Art Julia Franklin Graceland University Professor of Art Julia Franklin's newest and most personal exhibition, "Picking Up the Pieces," is now on view in the Farnham Galleries on the Simpson College campus in Indianola, Iowa. The solo...
Read More »Anthony Chvala-Smith, PhD Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture An article titled “September Song,” by Anthony Chvala-Smith, Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair in Religion and Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture, was featured in Herald 164 (September/October 2017). In his article,...
Read More »A paper proposal titled, “In Life and in Death: Barth, Bonhoeffer and the Path from the Great War to the Confessing Church,” by Anthony Chvala-Smith, Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair in Religion, has been accepted for presentation at a conference at the...
Read More »Graceland University Professor of Psychology Dave Devonis's biographical essay on Paul Meehl, U.S. psychologist, has been published online in V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (Springer Intl. Publishing AG).
Read More »Graceland University faculty Steve Glazer, Professor of History, and John Franklin, Associate Professor of History, attended a meeting of Iowa history department chairs at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines on Saturday, Feb. 18. The meeting was an outgrowth of...
Read More »Graceland University Professor of History Steve Glazer PhD's "Food for Thought: Five Ways to Think About (and Teach) the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of The Middle Ground, a peer-reviewed journal of the MW-WHA....
Read More »Based on a collaborative, student-led project in his fall term Early American Literature course, Graceland University Assistant Professor of English Tim Robbins has been named the lead editor of the Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature, an Open Educational Resource (OER)...
Read More »Dave Devonis, Graceland University Professor of Psychology, contributed two chapters on Sensation and Perception and Intelligence Testing to the newly published edited e-book by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Association): Woody, W. D., Miller, R. L., & Wozniak, W. J....
Read More »Dennis McElroy, Professor of Education and Director of Technology for the Graceland University Edmund J. Gleazer School of Education, has had three sessions accepted for the International Society for Technology in Education conference this coming June. The sessions include: Teacher Education...
Read More »Brian Smith, PhD, Graceland University Division Chair of the Social Sciences and Professor Psychology presented “Small Changes, Big Effects: Improve Learning by Adding Tool and Removing Barriers” with Sal Meyers at the Lilly Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Austin,...
Read More »David Devonis, Graceland University Professor of Psychology, has had a biographical essay on Timothy Leary, U.S. psychologist and personality theorist, accepted for publication in a forthcoming reference work in personality: V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (eds.) Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences....
Read More »Bradly Brewster, Graceland University Assistant Professor of Sociology Graceland University Assistant Professor of Sociology Bradly Brewster has contributed a chapter to The Timeliness of George Herbert Mead, a book recently published and edited by Hans Joas and Daniel R. Huebner. The contributed chapter presents a case for recognizing Mead...
Read More »Jacob Belmore, Graceland University Professor of Science and Math, volunteered Graceland to host the 2016 Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium (IUCSC). The IUCSC is an informal group of faculty members from Iowa colleges and universities. The purpose of the group is to promote communication among...
Read More »Dr. Ronald Smith, Graceland University Professor Emeriti Dr. Ronald Smith, Professor Emeriti, Graceland University, gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium (IUCSC), held at Graceland University on March 16. The talk, "Auto-testing code...
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